The Blaze Brothers The Blaze Brothers, Jack and Billy Blaze, two orphaned half brothers reared by an exiled Chinese martial arts Master and trained as deadly assassins by a secret US Black Ops force, resign their commission after a botched mission nearly costs them their lives. The two gun-toting, sword-wielding brothers resurface as high level debt collectors, working exclusively for a vicious Japanese crime lord, Mr. Yamamoto. Believing the Blaze Brothers have dishonored him, Yamamoto places a two million dollar bounty on their heads. To clear their names and save their lives, the Blaze Brothers must battle every HITMAN, ASSASSIN, and KILLER in the city!!!
What I thought
We’ve had the preview of the Blaze Brothers up on the website since 2010 and it was supposed to hit the streets in 2011. Somewhere along the way I totally missed the release date. Now that I have the completed product in hand I must say Matthew Scott Krentz and Vernon Whitlock III have created something truly unique. The action is over the top and super stylized. Those who are old enough will certainly see inspiration for the blaze brothers comes from Quentin Tarantino’s greats such as Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction. On art we have Marat Mychaels and he holds up his end of the bargain big time. Blaze brothers has potential though it’s clearly not an all ages book. Keep your kids away from this one. The colors also need work, if you want to compete with mainstream you need the entire package to be tight and the colors so far are the weakest link in this otherwise solid chain. If your interested in purchasing the book, you can do so here.
The Ugly
The Blaze Brothers is what you would get if Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction fornicated and gave birth. It’s over the top, bloody and down right visceral. I give it 3/5